mamajoan

OK, I feel better today, for no discernable reason. And while I'm procrastinating on all the stuff I have to do today, here are some random links of interest.

* Via lots of people but first I think was jenwrites, you must see this AWESOME public service announcement from George Takei (aka Sulu in Original Trek). George, in case you've been living under a rock, is gay; and this video is his response to homophobic remarks made recently by an NBA basketball player.

* Via ceo, here's a story about a network administrator who is extremely good at his job.

* In the rage-honing department, read about how librarians and bookstores are refusing to shelve an award-winning children's book because it contains a dirty word. What word would that be? "Scrotum." Yes, you got that right: the proper anatomical term for a part of the body that all little boys inevitably get curious about at some point, is now considered obscene. Because heaven forbid any parents or teachers of small children should ever have to teach said children about their own bodies!

* In the just-plain-weird department, check out Stumpy, the four-legged duckling.

* In the breakfast department, note that today is Free Pancake Day at IHOP.

OK, that's enough for now. :)

Via rainbow_goddess, we learn that the USA has joined forces with Iran and several other nations to ban LGBT organizations from the United Nations.

Via jenwrites, a very touching story about groups of bikers (that's motorcyclists) who travel the country to attend funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq and shield the mourners from the disgusting homophobic protests of Fred Phelps and his followers. (If you're not familiar with Phelps, he's a slimy evil piece of crap who calls himself a Christian and claims that God kills American soldiers in Iraq as punishment for the USA's supposed gay-friendliness.)

In less inflammatory news, via bethbethbeth comes this interesting New Yorker article about a guy suffering from unexplained amnesia.

And on the light-n-fluffy side, via ww1614 comes this hilarious parody of a freshman composition paper in which the author compares and contrasts two movies: Brokeback Mountain and Curious George. With moderate spoilers for both movies, if you care about that kind of thing.

yu5t.

Isaac typed the above with no help from me.

A few minutes ago, out of the blue, he said something to me that sounded a lot like "I like boys." I think it was actually "I like boards," but that doesn't make any sense either, so I don't really know. He did get very upset when I repeated "I like boys" back to him, so I don't think that's really what he meant. It's not that I'm heavily invested in my child being gay, you understand! I just want him to be happy! And if boys, er, boards, are what it takes, then I'm all for it. I guess. ???